Interesting theory, but it seems more like something that a drug addict just forgot about.
That, and I don't think Hunter was ever a bright boy.
My thought - He had 3 laptops, 2 were un repairable due to water damage. The other was fixed & forgotten. He spilled something in a stupor & panicked as he needed some of the data. Then he could not remember where he was and what shop he dropped it off with. He learned to live w/o the data and bought a new laptop etc.
I know someone like him, who had to call the Taxi company to find out where they picked him up the night before to find his car. It was his roommate who knew he came home by cab and the name of the cab company as he got stuck paying the fare.